Pelosi Proposes Lowering the Voting Age to 16

PJ Media ^ | July 19, 2015 - 5:56 am | by Nicholas Ballasy

[KrisKrinkle]

Fine. But they should lower the age requirements on everything else to the same age as the age required to vote.

Ages regarding firearms, contracts, drinking, smoking, marriage without parental consent...everything. And if you have to show ID to prove you have the right to drink or smoke, you should have to do so to prove you have the right to vote.

And when they say they are too young to make the choices involved in the things I wrote of above, then say they are too young to make the choices involved in voting.

[ETL]

My God, this woman is beyond stupid.

She's only after more democrat votes. She knows the schools, lefty-dominated snooze media, and pop entertainment, are filling our kids' heads with liberal and far left mush.

[Buckeye McFrog]

In my state the Libs are pushing to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21. The same bunch no doubt would eagerly drop the voting age to 16.

[ByteMercenary]

DITTOES !!

Ya beat me to it ...

[DuncanWaring]

+1.

[dainbramaged]

The film “Wild in the Streets” from 1968 covered this brilliant idea. IIRC a rock star becomes president, puts all seniors in camps and feeds them LSD.

[Cheerio]

so...get the children to vote!

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[Boogieman]

I propose raising it to 35.

[william clark]

[ChicagahAl]

To achieve what we want to do for the middle class...

Which is... eliminate it!

Democrats have been slowly destroying the American Middle Class for a century. Just as the Bolsheviks hated the Bourgeoisie, elitist Dems hate the middle class.

Lower the voting age to 16, and that may give them the power to finally wipe out the middle class.

Then they can have their typically-third-world economy composed of only elites and peasants. Lots of peasants.

[b4its2late]

Sounds like a good start.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I’m in favor of raising it to 25.

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When I see how immature and clueless some of these 18 year olds are, I regret that we lowered the voting age to 18.

And, am happy to see that the proportion of 18 to 21 year olds who actually vote is much lower than the overall voter turnout rate.

[faithhopecharity]

well...your Pelosi quote...what can be said? it contains a little bit of appealing ‘idealism’...everyone should be perfectly free to do any blessed thing they wish...without any costs or consequences.....

of course, that isn’t a workable approach to life

but alas, it seems to keep getting Mrs. Obama-Certifier and Abortion-is-Wonderful we’ll have your neighbors pay for you...... Pelosi.... elected

[Smittie]

I say anybody over 18 that files a Federal Tax return should get to vote.

A lot of people file so they they can receive the so called "earned income", a better idea is someone who actually pays an income tax.

[AFreeBird]

Raise it back to 21 - Minimum!

[fieldmarshaldj]

No.

[bassmaner]

Make it 40, and prohibit anyone from voting if they’re collecting a government check (other than active-duty military pay and SS retirement).

[Political Junkie Too]

Right.

Empower high school teachers to influence how their students vote. Put grades at stake for voting incorrectly. Do this subtly by reacting to opinions expressed in classrooms and by grading essays and reports that contain "offensive" or religious opinions or references.

If they aren't old enough to enter into legal contracts on their own, then they shouldn't be old enough to vote.

-PJ

[deoetdoctrinae]

We need to kick in the afterburners.

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[HotHunt]

Gee, how convenient. Brain-wash and indoctrinate the little twits in social justice, climate change, income inequality, the evils of capitalism and free student loans by a bunch of liberal, union-paying teachers and them release them on the country to vote for....wait for it....wait....the democRATS!

They're trying to make it legal for felons to vote now. And not just released felons but existing, convicted and still-serving-time-in-prison felons.

Next, they'll try to make it legal for the funeral industry to register voters when they bury the bodies.